This technique was put together by Sash& and combines Matrix Relmprintlng with Neut»-Ungulstic Programming (NLP), along with some teaching:s from a n umber of other Energy Psychology techniques. You wm need to practise It daily for a minimum of 21 day$ -there is a lot of research that suggests that It takes 21 � for new neural connections to form In the brain - and fer *- :to atx ... if )IOU have severe addiction issueS. Muctt Of N �reaaarch In addictive behaviour suggests a 90-day programme for changing behaviour.
You already knoW the habit that you don't want, so what do you want Instead? If you are an overeater, you may want to eat In a more baJanc:ed and healthy way. If you are a drug user, you probably want to be clean. If you are habitually untidy, you probably want to be tidy and orpnlzed. So your first step Is to identify the complete opposite of your behaviour. Then use this as your set-up phrase while tapping on your karate chop point
'Even though I haven't alWays [positive behaviour], I totally love and accept myself. ·
Repeat this three times, for example:
'Even though I haven't always had a healthy diet .. •
'Even though I haven't always been clean ... •
'Even though I haven't always been tidy and organized ... '
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Keep your eyes closed for the remainder of the technique (if this Is comfortable for you). Tap using the following sequence:
• Tap on the top of your head as you say: 'I haven't always want to behave in that positive way, either in your mind or out loud.
• Tap u nder your nose. ks you do, ask yourself what your life would look like if you behaved in that positive way.
Either verbalize or bring to mind all the positive images you associate with that behaviour.
• Tap on your chin. ks you do, ask yourself what you would hear if you behaved in that PQ$itive way. What would you expect to hear others saying a bout you? And what would you be saying about yourself? You can say these statements out loud if it helps you to resonate with them more.
• Tap on your collarbone. ksk yourself what action you would need to take in order to regularly behave in this positive way. Either verbalize the actions or just bring them to mind.
• Tap u nder your arm. k5k yourself how you would feel if you frequently or constantly behaved In this positive way. Allow the feelings of the positive behaviour to move through your whole body.
• Tap on your thumb. As you do. choose one image that you associate with the positive behaviour. Be sure that you are In the i mage and take this image into your mind.
• Tap on your first finger. As you do, With the Image In your
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into your heart
• Tap on your liltJe finger. As you do, make all the colours around the Image really strong and bright, and get in touch with all the positive emotions that you associate with the image. Experience the Image through all your senses.
• Tap on your wrist. As you do, send the new image out into the field. Spend a minute or two doing this so there is a very strong sense of the new i mage out there.
• Tap on the karate chop point. As you do, bring to mind all the thlnJ$ you are grateful for in relation to your new behaviour. You can list these silently or out loud. Finish with a dance of gratitude, either in your mind or In reality, In order to seaJ the new belief with positive emotions!
Thank you to David Hamilton, author of How Your Mind can Heal Your Body, for the Inspiration on ending a positive exercise with a dance of as joy and fear cannot exist in the same space at the same time.
Here's an example:
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• Tapping on the side of the eye: 'I choose to always exercise three to six times per week.'
• Tapping under the eye: 'I love to always exercise three to six ti mes per week, because It gives me more energy, I like being fit. my mind is clearer when I exercise and I like having a fit body.'
• Tapping under the nose: 'It looks like every day at 5.30 p.m. I go to my studio and do some cardia or some weights.
It looks like I have a fit and toned body. I also see myself carrying out tasks with more energy.'
• Tapping on the chin: 'Other people say that I look really fit and healthy. I say that I enjoy my toned body and enjoy having lots of energy.'
• Tapping on the collarbone: 'The action I need to take is to ensure that I have arranged my schedule so that I have created enough time to exercise, and also that I need to have eaten well in the afternoon to have enough energy.•
• Tapping under the arm: 'I feel strong and energized when I exercise three to six times per week. The strength is i n my heart and I can feel it radiating around my body when I get into the feeling space of that energy.'
• Tapping on the thumb: 'The one image that I associate with exercising three to six times per week is me on a treadmill looking really fit and healthy.' This Is taken silently into the mind.
• Tapping on the first finger: Silently in my mind I can picture all my neurons rewiring as I see myseff on the treadmill.
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Sasha Working on Herself
After over a decade in the personal development industry I had experienced my fair share of overcoming destructive behaviour. I had released dependency on both recreational and medical drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and caffeine, as well as a whole host of destructive relationship patterns. Some habits, though, no matter how hard I tapped, affirmed, reprogrammed or just plain old tried, were not so easily released. I
understand now that this was because their fields were strong and I
simply didn't know how to consistently change them.
When I started writing this book I was struggling with my eating habits and my exercise habits. Since my early teens I had followed a three-week cycle of healthy eating and moderate, consistent exercise then a three to six-week cycle of being haphazard in my eating choices and undisciplined in my exercise patterns.
Every time I was following a positive and healthy routine, I would be convinced that I had 'cracked it this time'. About three weeks in I would decide that I was disciplined enough to have a bar of chocolate, and before I knew it, I was attached to a chocolate drip and buried under a mountain of cake! The problem was compounded by the fact that these
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